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Record 1 2025-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

The act of exploiting a bug, design flaw or configuration oversight in an operating system or software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

Dans un billet publié sur son blog consacré à la sécurité, l'équipe de G. explique qu'une vulnérabilité critique peut permettre une élévation des privilèges dans le noyau système win32k. sys, ce qui pourrait offrir la possibilité à un attaquant d’obtenir des droits [d’]administrateur sur un système.

Spanish

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